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[Transcript of letter from Grace Sharp to E.S. [Edward Sharp?], [1821?]]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Grace Sharp to E. S. [Edward Sharp?] outlining her husband's business situation.
Date:
1821?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter to S. F. and J. B. Austin, June 24, 1827]
Copy of transcript for a letter to S. F. and J. B. Austin in which the sender provides news regarding the probate and, possible misadministration of the brothers' Grandfather Brown's estate; the well-being of acquaintances in Missouri; available land in Essex County, New Jersey; and a bill from Bartlett Sims that is due for collection.
Date:
June 24, 1827
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, July 22, 1827]
Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin explaining his hesitation to move to Texas, discussing family land matters, and giving news from Missouri.
Date:
July 22, 1827
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from James Perry to Stephen F. Austin, July 22, 1827]
Copy of transcript for a letter from James Perry to Stephen F. Austin, on July 22, 1827, discussing the health of his neighbors, and land in the east that has been left to the Austin family.
Date:
July 22, 1827
Creator:
Perry, James Franklin
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Document Ascribing Power of Attorney to Thomas F. Leaming, February 1, 1828]
Copy of transcript of a document written by Stephen F. Austin and James Austin, on February 1, 1828, giving the power of attorney to Thomas F. Leaming in the case against Jacob Fox, who holds lands in New Jersey that rightfully belong to the Austins.
Date:
February 1, 1828
Creator:
Austin, Stephen F. & Austin, James Elijah Brown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, August 2, 1829]
Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin discussing the possibility of selling family property in Virginia.
Date:
August 2, 1829
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, July 18, 1830]
Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, in Perry explains the difficulties he is having in settling his business matters before moving to Texas, asks for Stephen's advice on completing the indenture forms for his slaves, and questions why Stephen was not more vocal about which tracts of land he had reserved for the Perrys.
Date:
July 18, 1830
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Eliza L. Austin to Stephen F. Austin, May 17, 1831]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Eliza L. Austin to her uncle Stephen F. Austin thanking him for the gifts he sent to their family.
Date:
May 17, 1831
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Eliza L. Austin to Stephen F. Austin, May 17, 1831]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Eliza L. Austin to Stephen F. Austin, on May 17, 1831, thanking him for the presents he has sent her family, and hoping that they will soon meet.
Date:
May 17, 1831
Creator:
Austin, Eliza L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Thomas F. Leaming to Stephen F. Austin, February 27, 1833]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Thomas F. Leaming to Stephen F. Austin updating him on the progress of the Fox lawsuit.
Date:
February 27, 1833
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Thomas F. Leaming to James F. Perry, October 21, 1834]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Thomas F. Leaming to James F. Perry concerning the Fox lawsuit. Leaming also passes along copy of a 2nd edition of Texas map from 1834 and provides a brief introduction for the Prest family who will be immigrating to Texas.
Date:
October 21, 1834
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of James F. Perry granting power of attorney to Thomas F. Leaming, [1837?]]
Copy of transcript for a power of attorney in which James F. Perry grants rights to Thomas F. Leaming to act on his behalf with regard to the Jacob Fox case.
Date:
1837?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Thomas J. Pilgrim to James Perry, July 6, 1838]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Thomas J. Pilgrim to James Perry, on July 6, 1838, discussing a school for Perry's son Stephen in Steubenville, Ohio. Pilgrim also discusses what he did for the Fourth of July.
Date:
July 6, 1838
Creator:
Pilgrim, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stylographic Fountain-Pen.
Patent for stylographic fountain pens to improve them by allowing the "ink to flow freely from the point of the pen" (line 35) and allowing easy, pressurized ink refills.
Date:
February 3, 1880
Creator:
Fisher, Charles N. & Downes, Charles L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Squeezer.
Patent for a new and improved fruit juicer. This design consists "[i]n a fruit-squeezer having flat or nearly flat pressing-surfaces, the combination of jaws having lever-handles integral therewith, and face-plates held in transverse dovetail seats in the faces of the respective jaws by means of clamping-screws, and supported therein by central set-screws" (lines 89-95).
Date:
June 26, 1883
Creator:
Stein, Philip H. & Tams, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Core-Holding Mechanism for Cotton-Baling Machines.
Patent for a core-holding mechanism for cotton-baling machines that provides "new and improved means for engaging and disengaging the core, so that it is guided vertically, and the bale is susceptible of being conveniently and rapidly removed from the machine and a core introduced for the formation of another bale" (lines 19-24).
Date:
November 27, 1894
Creator:
Smith, Hamilton E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Baling Machine.
Patent for an effective cotton-baling machine that improves on how cotton is compressed and fed into the rotary, that stretches the cotton to its thinnest, that improves on how the core is carried, that raises and lowers the compressor roller, that improves on the rack-and pinion mechanism, that improves on how the ends of the cotton roll are pressed, and that quickly and easily finishes each bale.
Date:
November 27, 1894
Creator:
Smith, Hamilton E. & Dare, Benjamin A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Forming Apparatus
Patent for a bale forming apparatus. This invention is designed as an improvement to existing bale-forming apparatus.
Date:
August 4, 1903
Creator:
Anderson, William E.; Dyer, Frank L. & Workum, Julius F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Tom and Carolyn from Mary Foshee Scott]
Letter to Carolyn Street and Tom Scott from his mother, Mary Foshee Scott.
Date:
1904
Creator:
McGuire, Caroline
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Tom Scott from his father, April 12, 1904]
Letter to Tom Scott from his father, upon Tom's engagement.
Date:
April 12, 1904
Creator:
Scott, David Howell
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Sawmill.
Patent for a portable sawmill, which can be put on an ordinary wagon and pulled out to where timber is being cut.
Date:
March 15, 1910
Creator:
Bryan, Gordon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Utilizing Sulfur-Containing Petroleum.
Patent for a method of removing sulfur from Beaumont petroleum and converting it into sulfuric acid.
Date:
February 20, 1912
Creator:
Robinson, Clarence I.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Cotton Palace Park Bridge]
Postcard of a wooden bridge at Cotton Palace Park in Waco, Texas. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Mrs. L.D. Ormsly in Keyport, New Jersey and says "Dear Mama, Traveling over the worst roads I ever saw. In fact they are no roads half the time, have only 1-- miles of good roads to go now to D. Love Donn."
Date:
June 24, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States
Report discussing best practices for growing winter wheat in the eastern United States. Topics discussed include soils adapted to wheat cultivation, fertilizers, seed selection and preparation, and crop rotation.
Date:
1914
Creator:
Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library